Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

 Foreign body choking are very frequent in occurrence which is mostly accidental. Though, the accidental foreign body inhalation is observed in all age group, the small children below 4 years of age are the common victims. Food related items and plastic toys are the foreign bodies commonly encountered. Food is the energy provider for the life which can become an asphyxiating agent at times. The spectrum of airway foreign bodies varies from country to country, depending on the diet and customs of the population.It can be fatal if it results in serious impairment of respiration or cardiac inhibition. Here we report a death of a two yearchild brought for autopsy who had died after aspiration of groundnuts. The boy had started grunting while eating groundnuts. He was immediately diagnosed as aspiration of groundnuts. He died within 24 hours of admission inspite of emergency removal of the two pieces of groundnut by rigid bronchoscopy. 

 The authors report a fatal case of leopard attack in rural area of Sangli district. The victim was a 10 year old boy who was roaming in farm when he was attacked. The injuries present over the neck were consistent with the big cat attack. The leopard attacks are uncommon in rural part of Sangli district and hence the case is reported.

 Forensic Radiology is a specialized area of medical imaging utilizing radiological techniques to assist physicians & pathologists in matter pertaining to the law. It comprises the performance, interpretation and reportage of the radiological examinations and procedures which are needed in court procedures or law enforcement. Radiological methods are widely used in identification, age estimation and establishing cause of death. This article describes the history and modalities of forensic radiology.  

 Background: Human identification is one of the most demanding subjects and is based on scientific principles, the object of which is to identify and register individuals for both civil and criminal purposes. Aim and Objective: To check whether there are any peculiar/common lip patterns among males and females and to establish lip prints as a tool for identification. Study Design: It’s a cross sectional Prospective study. Method: It was conducted on the children who are studying in Sixth standard to Tenth standard in the Local schools at Narketpally. 170 subjects were selected irrespective of their caste, religion, dietary habits & socioeconomic status. Observation: Among males, it was found that intersected pattern was most common in compartments 1, 3 and 4, while the least common pattern in lip compartments 1, 2, was Undetermined. On evaluation of the lip prints of the females, compartments 1, 2 exhibited intersected pattern  predominantly. However, in compartment 3 and 4, branched pattern was commonest. Conclusion: Lip prints are useful in personal identification and they differ from person to person even not similar in uniovular twins. Study showed that cellophane tape and lipstick can be easily used to retrieve lip prints. Lip print analysis is a process that can provides both qualitative and quantitative results.  

 Objective: To study the hematological parameter hemoglobin, total leucocyte count and biochemical parameter serum cholesterol, serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase in fish Clarias Batrachus exposed under different concentrations of Malathion pesticide. Methodology: This experimental research study has been done in teleost fish Clarias Batrachus, exposed 24 to 96 hours, to four different concentrations of Malathion pesticide. Estimation of serum cholesterol and SGPT had been done as biochemical parameter and Hemoglobin as well as T.L.C had been analyzed as hematological parameter. Results: There were no significant changes in hemoglobin level at lower concentration of Malathion pesticide within short intervals but at high concentrations, lowering in hemoglobin levels had been observed at all time intervals though elevated total leucocyte count had been observed at all concentrations and time intervals. Regarding to biochemical parameters significant increase in serum cholesterol and SGPT enzyme levels observed in Malathion pesticide exposed fishes.  

 Anaemia is prevalent in Indian women. Moreover, presence of anaemia is a leading cause of maternal death. The aim of the present study is to evaluate haemoglobin level in postmortem period and assess its utility in anaemic deaths. The material comprised of 10 cadavers with known time of death. All these cases have haemoglobin estimated prior to death. Estimated haemoglobin more than 24 hours prior to death was excluded from the study. These cadavers consist of 10 female with age varied from 20 years to 46 years (mean age 30.3 years). Estimation of haemoglobin in conjugation with blood smear study may give fair idea regarding the status of anaemia in maternal deaths.Up to 3 hours postmortem interval all samples show decrease in haemoglobin content.

 Background: Casualty Medical Officer has to give emergency treatment first and stabilize the patient. He also has to carry out thorough documentation of different medicolegal cases. Dr. Vikhe Patil Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care center, situated in rural area near Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Objectives: 1. To study profile of different clinicomedicolegal cases at tertiary care center. 2. To analyze the data for better patient care. Study Design: Present study is record based retrospective study conducted at Casualty of Dr. Vikhe Patil Memorial Hospital attached to Padmashree Dr Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s Medical College, Ahmednagar from 1st January 2015 to 30th November 2015. Results: Present study reveals 224 medicolegal cases. Out of total cases, road traffic accidents constitutes majority of cases (138, 61.60%), followed by poisoning( 30, 13.40%), burns(22, 9.80%), physical violence (14, 6.25%), fall from height(10, 4.5%), sexual offenses and trauma by animal(4, 1.7% each) and snake bite (2, 0.9%). Present study reveals male domination (152, 67.85%). Most of the cases occurred between age group of 2130 years (66, 29.40%), followed by 3140 years (44, 19.40%). Maximum number of the cases was from rural area (170, 75.90%). The study also reveals maximum number of cases occurred in May (30, 13.40%), followed by April and October (28, 12.50% each).